Savoury Oats

Name: Savoury Oats
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: Salt and pepper, to season; Sprinkling of chopped chives; 1 chilli, red or green; 30 g goats cheese; Salt and pepper, to season; 2 spring onions; 230 ml water; 50 g oats; 1 egg; 2 rashers of bacon or 50 g diced pancetta; 2 rashers of bacon or 50 g diced pancetta

Preparation info

Makes a Hearty breakfast for
1

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Hebridean Baker

By Coinneach MacLeod

Published 2021

About

In my quest to eat oats for every meal of the day, these savoury oats could be my new favourite weekend brunch. It takes minutes to make. You can always double the portion size – if there’s two of you for breakfast!

Ingredients

2 rashers of bacon or 50 g diced pancetta
2 spring <

Europe
United Kingdom
Breakfast
Gluten-free
Scotland
Brunch

Method

Dice your bacon and sizzle along with your spring onions in a pan.

Add your water to a different pan and once it is boiling, add the oats and slowly simmer for 5 minutes until thick.

To poach your egg, crack an egg into a ramekin. Then drop the egg into simmering water. Cook your egg for 3 minutes and remove with a slotted spoon.

Add your cooked oats to a bowl, stir in y